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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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