MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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