MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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