MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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