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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee 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 business models are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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