MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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