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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
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
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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