MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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