MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
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
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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