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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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