MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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