MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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