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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses 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
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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