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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes 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
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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