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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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