MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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