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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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