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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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