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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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