MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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