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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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