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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students 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
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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