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.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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