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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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