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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
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
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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