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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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