MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
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
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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