MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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