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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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