MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
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 we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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