MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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