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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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