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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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