MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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