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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important 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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