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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students 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 many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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