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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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 a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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