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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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