MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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 variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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