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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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