MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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