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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
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
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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