MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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