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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
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 participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
