MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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