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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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