MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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