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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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