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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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