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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically 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
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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