MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with
massive open online courses
(MOOCs) and
open
educational resources.
As
elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
New
gains in
online learning technology
make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in
courses via the Internet.
How can
participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
How can
educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology
institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because
elearning technology is
developing
so rapidly.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
How can
institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
What
business models are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these
massive open online courses?
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open
educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open
education
resource
topics.
This amazing new book also
deals with the
key
instructional ideas
associated with
these MOOC classes and
open educational resources (OER).
For more details please visit this Massive Open Online Courses Definition website.
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