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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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