MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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