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
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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