MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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