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
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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