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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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