MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually 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 a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
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
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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