MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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