MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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