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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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