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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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