MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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