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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major 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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