MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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