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.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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