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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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