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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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