MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open 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
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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