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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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