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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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