MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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