MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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