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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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