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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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