MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors 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 different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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