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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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