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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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