MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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