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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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