MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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