MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education have enabled
people
in nations all around 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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