MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers 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 strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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