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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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