MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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