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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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