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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
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 many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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