MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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