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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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