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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
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 massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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