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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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