MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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