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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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 variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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