MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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