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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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