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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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