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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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