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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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