MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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