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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses 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
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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