MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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