MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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