MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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