MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach 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
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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