MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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