MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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