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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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