MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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