MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers 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
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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