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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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