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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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