MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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