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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
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
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates 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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