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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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