MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers 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 models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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