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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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