MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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