MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically 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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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