MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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