MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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