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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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