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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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