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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
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
Norway to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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