MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
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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