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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
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
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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