MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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