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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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