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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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