MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC 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
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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