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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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