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.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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