MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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