MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
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
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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