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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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