MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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