MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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