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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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