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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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