MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
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
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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