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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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