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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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