MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOCs 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 many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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