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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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