MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily 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 several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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