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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
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 numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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