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
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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