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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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