MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
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
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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