MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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