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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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