MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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