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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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