MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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