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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in 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 MOOC classes are
generally 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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