MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental 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 organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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