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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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