MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|