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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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