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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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