MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
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
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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