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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses 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.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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