MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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