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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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