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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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