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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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