MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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