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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
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
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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