MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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