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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
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
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online 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
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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