MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major 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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