MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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