MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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