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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
teachers 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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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