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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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