MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
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 variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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