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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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