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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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