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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
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
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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