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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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