MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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