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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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