MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC 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
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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