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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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