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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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