MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers 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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