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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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