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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
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
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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