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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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