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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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