MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators 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 strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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