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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
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 models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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