MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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