MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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