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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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