MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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