MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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