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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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