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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important 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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