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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students 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 also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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