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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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