MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
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
Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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