MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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