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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners 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 several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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