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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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