MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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