MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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