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.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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