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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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