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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
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
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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