MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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