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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers 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 business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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