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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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