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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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