MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important 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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