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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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