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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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