MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
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
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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