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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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