MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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