MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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