MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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