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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners 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
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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