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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational 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 sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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