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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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