MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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