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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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