MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
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 teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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