MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
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 variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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