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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
