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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
