MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
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 organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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