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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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