MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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