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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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