MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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