MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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