MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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