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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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