MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified 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 models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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