MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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