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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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