MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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