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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach 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
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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