MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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