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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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