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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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