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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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