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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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