MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
generally 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
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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