MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses 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
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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