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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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