MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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