MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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