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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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