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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today 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 participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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