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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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