MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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