MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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