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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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