MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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