MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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