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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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