MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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