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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally 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 a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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