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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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