MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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