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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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