MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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