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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
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 several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes 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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