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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
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
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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