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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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