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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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