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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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