MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
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
online education institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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