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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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