MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally 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
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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