MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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