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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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