MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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