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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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