MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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