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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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