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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses 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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