MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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