MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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