MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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