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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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