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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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