MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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