MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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