MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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