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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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