MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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