MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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