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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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