MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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