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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure 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 different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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