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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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