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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning enable
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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