MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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