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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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