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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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