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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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