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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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