MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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