MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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