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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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