MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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