MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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