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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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