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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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