MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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