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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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