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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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