MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
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
Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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