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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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