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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
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
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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