MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure 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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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