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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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