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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
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
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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