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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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