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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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