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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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