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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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