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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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