MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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