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.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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