MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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