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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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