MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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