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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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