MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
customarily 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 a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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