MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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