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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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