MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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
subjects that
elearning institutions
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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