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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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