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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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