MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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