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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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