MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online 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
Chad to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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