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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
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 lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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