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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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