MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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