MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
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 business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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