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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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