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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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