MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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