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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
ensure 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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