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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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