MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
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
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
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
Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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