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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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