MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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