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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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