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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
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
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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