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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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