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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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