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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
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 stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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