MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
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 participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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