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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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