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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
commonly 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
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
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
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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