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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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