MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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