MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers 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
San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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