MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
commonly 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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