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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online 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
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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