MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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