MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
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 massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators 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
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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