MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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