MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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