MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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