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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC 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
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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