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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
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 teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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