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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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