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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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