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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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