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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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