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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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