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
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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