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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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