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.
Find out more about the definitive 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
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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