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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure 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
The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important 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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