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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators 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
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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