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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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