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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
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
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching 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
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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