MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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