MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes 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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