MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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