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.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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