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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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