MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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