MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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