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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOCs
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 Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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