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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
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
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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