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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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