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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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