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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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