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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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