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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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