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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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