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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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