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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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 numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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