MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
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
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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