MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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