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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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