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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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