MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because 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
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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