MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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