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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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