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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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