MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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