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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily 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
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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