MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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