MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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