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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
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
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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