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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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