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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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