MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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