MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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