MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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