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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-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 educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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