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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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