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.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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