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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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