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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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