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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified 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
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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