MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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