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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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