MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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