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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
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
institutions like
Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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