MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively 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
Japan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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