MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
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
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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