MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure 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 models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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