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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
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 topics.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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