MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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