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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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