MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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