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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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