MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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