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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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