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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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