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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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