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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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