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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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