MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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