MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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