MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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