MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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