MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
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
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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