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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses 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 quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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