MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach 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
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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