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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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