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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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