MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
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
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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