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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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