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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students 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
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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