MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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