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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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