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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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