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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes 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
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major 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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