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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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 MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
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 numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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