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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 many
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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