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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
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
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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