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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
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
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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