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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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