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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive online courses are
generally 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 a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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