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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
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
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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