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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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