MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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