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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators 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 different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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