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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
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
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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