MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
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
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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