MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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 numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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