MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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