MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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