MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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