MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses 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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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