MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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