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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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