MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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