MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators 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 different business models are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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