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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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