MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
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
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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