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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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