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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
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
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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