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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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