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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers 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 business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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