MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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