MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
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
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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