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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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