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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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