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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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