MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually 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 lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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