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
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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