MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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