MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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