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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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