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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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