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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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