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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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