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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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