MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers 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
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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