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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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