MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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