MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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