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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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