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Take a Look at the Top Ten Books on Online Learning for 2020
Compiled by Contact North | Contact Nord
- Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education, by Bryan Alexander
- Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education: The Future of Formal Learning, by Mark Nichols
- The 60-Year Curriculum – New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy, edited by Christopher J. Dede and John Richards
- Pedagogies of Digital Learning in Higher Education, edited by Linda Daniela
- Social Presence and Identity in Online Learning, edited by Patrick Lowenthal and Venessa Dennen
- Empowered at a Distance – How to Build Self-Direction into Remote and Hybrid Learning, by John Spencer
- Visual Approaches to Instructional Design, Development, and Deployment, by Shalin Hai-Jew
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Assessment, edited by Hong Jiao and Robert Lissitz
- Creative Learning in Digital and Virtual Environments: Opportunities and Challenges of Technology-Enabled Learning and Creativity, edited by Vlad Glăveanu, Ingunn Johanne Ness and Constance de Saint Laurent
- Digital Learning in Motion – From Book Culture to the Digital Age, by David Kergel
Get all the details on Contact North | Contact Nord’s 2020 Top Ten Books on Online Learning.
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