MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers 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
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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