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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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