MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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