MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes 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
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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