MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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