MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students 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 variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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